FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Title: (U//FOUO) EC REQUESTING TRENTON RA TO Date: 09/01/2010
CONDUCT INTERVIEW OF FEDERAL
Approved By:
Drafted By:
Case ID #: 72-MM-113327 (U) RODRIGUEZ, ALFREDO - SEE SUB
Details:
Precedence: ROUTINE Date: 09/02/2010
To: Newark Attn: Trenton RA
From: Miami
PB-2/PBCRA
Contact:
Approved By:
Drafted By:
Case ID #: 72-MM-113327 (Pending)
Title: ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ;
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
Synopsis: EC requesting Trenton RA to conduct interview of federal
inmate, regarding captioned investigation.
Details: In October 2009, Miami Division opened an obstruction of
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Title: (U//FOUO) EC REQUESTING TRENTON RA TO CONDUCT INTERVIEW OF
FEDERAL
Re: 72-MM-113327, 09/01/2010
justice case against ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ. RODRIGUEZ was the previous
house manager and butler to Palm Beach County resident JEFFREY
EPSTEIN. EPSTEIN was the subject of child prostitution, 31E matter,
worked by Miami Division beginning in 2006. Investigation of EPSTEIN
revealed that he brought underage girls to his home to perform
massages and paid them to engage in sex acts with himself and one
another. The U.S. Attorney's Office entered into a non-prosecution
agreement where EPSTEIN pled guilty to lesser state offenses in
Florida state court. EPSTEIN was sentenced to a period of state prison
followed by community supervision as a registered sex offender.
EPSTEIN's victims filed suit against EPSTEIN in state and
federal court seeking damages in civil litigation. During the
discovery process, RODRIGUEZ was deposed by attorney BRADLEY EDWARDS
who represented several of the victims. After his deposition,
RODRIGUEZ contacted EDWARDS and advised that he had lists of
additional victims that he had not previously disclosed to law
enforcement during the criminal investigation or after being served
with a subpoena in the civil case. RODRIGUEZ advised he would not turn
the information over to the attorney but instead wanted monetary
compensation. In November 2009, RODRIGUEZ attempted to sell the
information to a
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UCE for $50,000.00, which resulted in the above
captioned case.
Also during the civil litigation, EDWARDS' law firm
contacted as a potential plaintiff's witness against
EPSTEIN. HOFFENBERG is a federal inmate at Fort Dix Federal
Correctional Institution (FCI), inmate number 35601-054. HOFFENBERG
was a former business associate or acquaintance of EPSTEIN. HOFFENBERG
is serving a 20-year sentence for his role in a Ponzi scheme and
securities fraud that was worked by the New York field office, 196C-
NY-235483. Through correspondence, HOFFENBERG advised EDWARDS' firm
that he had information regarding JEFFREY EPSTEIN being involved in
the murder of a Columbus, Ohio attorney named ARTHUR L. SHAPIRO.
SHAPIRO was killed on March 6, 1985 in the Columbus area. The case
remains unsolved. A review of ACS does not reflect HOFFENBERG offered
this information as a proffer during the 196C matter. It should be
noted that HOFFENBERG appears to have a history of mental illness.
Since his incarceration, he has filed civil rights complaints
regarding the facilities he has been assigned to.
It is requested that Trenton RA interview HOFFENBERG for
information regarding JEFFREY EPSTEIN and his involvement or knowledge
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of the murder of SHAPIRO.
Descriptive Data:
Reference
Name -
Last: Hoffenberg
First: Steven
Race: W
Sex: M
Address(es) -
House #:
Street Name:
Street Suffix: Rd.
City: Fort Dix
State: NJ
Postal Code: 08640
Country: USA
Phone #:
LEAD(s) :
Set Lead 1: (Action)
NEWARK
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Title: (U//FOUO) EC REQUESTING TRENTON RA TO CONDUCT INTERVIEW OF
FEDERAL
Re: 72-MM-113327, 09/01/2010
AT TRENTON, NJ
To interview federal inmate, , BOP number
35601-054, regarding the murder of ARTHUR SHAPIRO.
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